How to view the scanned LORs?!?

[THG]

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I did not waive my right to see the letters. The letters were mailed to ERAS by the writers. MyERAS' document tracking shows some of the letters were scanned yesterday. I just cant seem to find the link to view the actual letters. Please help!

Here is what appears on MyERAS.
Documents that are in the PostOffice: MSPE
LoR 3
LoR 4
LoR 5
Photo
Transcript

LoR Requests (Submitted):

LoR Author Name LoR Request Submit Date Downloaded by Designated Dean's Office
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:30 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:00 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 02:30 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:00 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
Note: LoR requests that have not been submitted will not be displayed.

 

[georgelucas45]

You can't see them in ERAS. If you didn't waive your right, your letter writer should have given you a copy. If they didn't, you should have said that you waived your right to see the letter.

 

[gutonc]

I did not waive my right to see the letters. The letters were mailed to ERAS by the writers. MyERAS' document tracking shows some of the letters were scanned yesterday. I just cant seem to find the link to view the actual letters. Please help!

There is no such link. The only way for you to view your letters is to ask the letter writer or your Dean's Office/ECFMG to give you a copy. The Dean's Office probably wont' give you a copy.

By the way, why did you do this? It's generally considered a big red flag to programs because they see it as "I don't think my letters will be very good so I want to read them first and cherry pick, submitting only the good ones." In your case, it looks like you're going to get all the downside of not waiving, without the (extremely minor) upside...being able to see them.

 

[smq123]

By the way, why did you do this? It's generally considered a big red flag to programs because they see it as "I don't think my letters will be very good so I want to read them first and cherry pick, submitting only the good ones."

+1

I was told by someone who used to be on the residency committee that they had one applicant who waived her right. She was grilled on why she chose to do this, and really, at that point, there is NO good answer to that question.

Sorry. 🙁

 

[chitown82]

I did not waive my right to see the letters. The letters were mailed to ERAS by the writers. MyERAS' document tracking shows some of the letters were scanned yesterday. I just cant seem to find the link to view the actual letters. Please help!

Here is what appears on MyERAS.
Documents that are in the PostOffice: MSPE
LoR 3
LoR 4
LoR 5
Photo
Transcript

LoR Requests (Submitted):

LoR Author Name LoR Request Submit Date Downloaded by Designated Dean's Office
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:30 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:00 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 02:30 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
xxx, MD 10-08-2009 03:00 am 10-08-2009 08:10 am
Note: LoR requests that have not been submitted will not be displayed.

Who told you it would be a good idea to not waive your right? Have an explanation ready.

 

[Flopotomist]

Who told you it would be a good idea to not waive your right? Have an explanation ready.

Before we all jump down this guys throat, the Iserson's guide to getting into residency suggests NOT waiving your right to see the letters. I waived my right just because it seems like the tradition, but the OPs strategy doesn't seem TOTALLY out of the blue.

 

[smq123]

Before we all jump down this guys throat, the Iserson's guide to getting into residency suggests NOT waiving your right to see the letters. I waived my right just because it seems like the tradition, but the OPs strategy doesn't seem TOTALLY out of the blue.

This is why I was told by my student deans NOT to trust Iserson's.

Seriously, it's a bad idea to not waive your right. There's no good reason to read your LORs, generally speaking, and I can't think of an excuse that would fly with any residency PD.

 

[gutonc]

Before we all jump down this guys throat, the Iserson's guide to getting into residency suggests NOT waiving your right to see the letters. I waived my right just because it seems like the tradition, but the OPs strategy doesn't seem TOTALLY out of the blue.

Do NOT get me started on Iserson's. I kind of wonder if that dude ever actually had to go through the Match. There is so much bad advice in that book it's impossible to know where to start. Just throw out your copy and move on with you life.

 

[Ariee]

Hi THG,

If you haven't seen your letters, consider contacting ERAS about it and seeing if they will allow you to send in new cover sheets stating that you have waiver your right. If not, maybe you could get new LOR writers to write your letter stating you've waiver your right. The letters would be in by say mid-November to late-November and on your interviews you could say you made a mistake possibly and got new letter writers with your waived right letters. May sound a little silly, but trying to help find you solutions...

G'luck!!!

 

[Taurus]

This is where the "art" of asking for a LOR comes into play. You only use a LOR from people who are enthusiastic about writing one for you. When you sit down with them, it's very important that you guage their interest. Keep your eyes wide open and ears perked up. If you get the slightest impression that they are reluctant, get the letter anyways because you don't want to appear rude by walking out, but don't use it and don't let them know you won't use it. If you need 3 letters, ask 5 people to write you LOR's. The beauty of ERAS is that you can pick and choose which ones you eventually want to use. If you use this strategy, you can be confident about the quality of the letters and so you can waive your right to see them. It is a bad idea not to waive. You eventually get the gist of your letters because some interviewers will come out and discuss the contents of the letters.

 

[Frugal Traveler]

Off topic from the original post but pertinent:

We were told to waive the right to see the letters. I guess most did this?